INTERLIBRARY LOAN (ILL)

Get books and other items from any MPL location!

You can place holds on items online and have them sent to any MPL location you like! When you search an item on our catalog, click on the "Place Hold" button on the left. Certain items cannot be placed on hold - Reference, Special Collections, and Launchpads. These items include rare books, genealogy materials, reference books, and items that we like to have available for browsing collections.

Items not owned by the Mobile Public Library or not available in the needed format may be requested through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

We can request books, audiobooks, music CDs, movies, magazine & journal articles, and census & military records on microfilm.

The Local History and Genealogy library has a non-circulating collection of fiction books by authors of local interest. If you wish to check out one of these titles please request it here, through Interlibrary Loan.

Anyone with a library card in good standing may request an Inter-Library Loan.

It can take us up to 4 weeks to obtain material through interlibrary loan. We will send you a notification when the item requested is available for check out at the MPL library you select below.

There is a $2 postage and handling fee for each ILL we obtain for you, due at check out, along with any fees charged by the lending library. We charge an additional $2 if you fail to pick up an item we obtain for you.

Loan periods and renewals are set by the lending libraries and are out of Mobile Public Library's control.

Complete the form below for each item you require. Requests can also be placed at any location's reference desk. Contact the Interlibrary Loan Department at (251) 208-7084 or mainill@mplonline.org for help with your request.

Check out this short video explaining how to request an ILL:

Select the additional amount you are willing to pay if the lending library charges a fee.

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Date the item will no longer be needed:

First Name*

Last Name*

Mobile Public Library Card Number*

Email Address

Phone*

Pick up at:

ITEM REQUESTED

Please provide as much information as you can.

Title*

Author Name

Book Edition

Book ISBN

Publisher

Date of Publication

Article Title

Article Author Name

Journal Title

Journal Vol/Issue/Date

Pages of Journal Article

Journal ISSN#

FOR GENEALOGY RESEARCH, list the names of the people you are tracing:

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS: The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be used for any purpose other than the private study, scholarship, or research. If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of fair use, that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.